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Can you live off photography?
Photography is a wonderful profession, the easiest to enter but the hardest to succeed: a poor photographer with wonderful business skills will be aeons more successful t... -
Hello from Lincolnshire UK!
" Lol,, you are more than welcome to attend one of my shoots and give me a hand if you wanted ;)" Thanks, but suspect me lens would steam up :P -
Day 27 March 2010: Town photography
[photo] Just happened on this chapwhilst walking down a street in Prague :D Sheila -
Day 29 March 2010: Shoot your commute
Oh WoW !! Some great commutes out here !! Unfortunately there are no trains in Oman !! :( But there is an extensive network of railways in India, and I love travelling b... -
Should I change travel photo blog to dedicated photo website?
Should you change? Take it from one who has chopped and changed, and chopped and changed again > definitely not! You have worked in a commendably disciplined way to pro... -
Best "Paid For" Website for part time photographers?
I can't fault Photium, has totally facilitated my business from the start. If I ever have a problem Will will reply to my email usually within minutes! I recently chan... -
The BEST travel point-and-shoot - is this available?
The Olympus SP570UZ has both RAW capability and a flash hot shoe. ;) Sheila -
help
We have started up a service that's easy to use called foliopic...you can have a free trial here. foliopic -
Locations in Lincoln
Login issue? :P There's quite a nice ginnel up from the old art college up to the Cathedral, which is quiet (well it was in my day) For a different look, you could alw... -
Carry on luggage back pack
Thanks for the Jacobs Leeds suggestion - they have slipped back into Leeds under my radar. The shop is large and well stocked, including the Nikon 85mm f1.4. When I ran... -
Just started a photo blog
I enjoyed it. I've found a blog to be a useful means of communicating with clients and reminding them that I am still around. The main problem is keeping it up to date - ... -
Stock photography blog
Thanks Sheila. I'll try to make sure your next visit is worthwhile! Alex -
mobile internet dongles
T-mobile and 3 use the same coverage, and are planning to cover 98.5% of the populate by the end of 2010. O2 users can make free use of the 7500 hotspots. Broadband choic... -
Selling photos on my website
Oooh how long have we got to watch this space for ????? :D -
A Quick Stock Photo Query....
Yep you answered your own question. The answer is dependant on the agency (or agencies) in question. Read the T&C it is in your interest to do so ;-) -
The state of our industry.
I completely agree with the posters talking about marketing being one of the most valuable skills you can have. I also agree that you cannot be precious about your work i... -
Hello from South Lincolnshire
Haven't heard that phrase before, but there again I'm just an honary yellowbelly, 8 years living in SKDC. Thank you all for the warm welcome I'm sure that I'll learn a l... -
Prague
That's great. -
Daily rate for freelancers
Well, let's have a go at answering the original question, with regard to the field that the OP is interested in :) The usual rule of thumb is to work out how much you ... -
Wedding photography question!! HELP
Nice one. I've been in some fairly panicful moments in my 5 year self taught photography adventure. Weddings being a big learning curve for me. You have some excellen... -
Website Revamp
No problem, here's hoping the next Photium submission is as good :) -
National Trust rights grab
" NT have (own) more or less everything that has any photogenic status" No they don't and they only manage 500 miles of coastline, which is a small proportion... -
Help with quoting for a shoot
In your pricing you may also want to consider the reproduction volumes that will be run of your images in the event that its extensive For arguments sake if the artist i... -
I would like to exhibit this series of images - any thoughts?
Just had a look these images are so good I think you would do well with them, they are so modern and have a lovely fresh feel to them, I would approach a restaura... -
Published my first book
Good on you for taking the plunge! I wish you every success. -
Greetings Cards at Craft Fairs
"i have a very good site for mass production cards it is; http://www.thepostcardcompany.com/" I used that company for my business cards a few years ago (I've... -
Prague and Crime
I like Krakow a lot as well. I am sure I will be back there again. Prague is in my wish list too... :) -
Puppy help
...but Borders have the edge ;) -
Stock agencies....
Just saw this thread and I am surprised how some people think that they can take someone else's image, do a few changes to it, then put it into another image of your own ... -
Photographers Direct request
I been on that site for a while cant say ive ever had an image that is requested lol